6 Months Jail to 4 convicts who assaulted LNJP Doctors in 2007
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New Delhi: Justice for assaulting doctors has finally prevailed when a Delhi court awarded 6 months imprisonment to 4 persons who assaulted LNJP doctors and damaged hospital property back in 2007
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Singh Rajawat sentenced Bablu, Imran, Nuru and Rashid to six months in jail for the offences under section 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 427 (damage to public property by mischief) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
The court while convicting four persons for assaulting doctors and damaging a government hospital property after one of their relatives was declared brought dead by them, observed that such incidents caused doctors and other staff to proceed on strikes demanding secure work environment.
"The convicts by causing obstruction to the public servants in discharging their duty of attending to the patients in casualty have caused danger to the life of the patients who require immediate attention of the doctors and other staff in the casualty.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Singh Rajawat sentenced Bablu, Imran, Nuru and Rashid to six months in jail for the offences under section 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 427 (damage to public property by mischief) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
The court while convicting four persons for assaulting doctors and damaging a government hospital property after one of their relatives was declared brought dead by them, observed that such incidents caused doctors and other staff to proceed on strikes demanding secure work environment.
"The convicts by causing obstruction to the public servants in discharging their duty of attending to the patients in casualty have caused danger to the life of the patients who require immediate attention of the doctors and other staff in the casualty.
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